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If you spend one day in the forest, you have 40 percent more natural killer cells in your blood. — CLEMENS ARVAY, Biologist Nature is free, easy to access and has no side effects! So why are cutting our self off from these healing opportunities? For most of human history, a connection to nature was a…

What do tight hips say about your emotional health? Are you carrying around emotional tension in our pelvis? Often times, people initially come to yoga because of physical pain. It’s only later that they get to enjoy all of the other emotional and spiritual benefits that go along with the practice. In our society, where…

Open Your Heart for Greater Love and Compassion All healing traditions recognize the crucial role of the heart in sustaining life and energizing the body. To give of yourself requires patience, compassion, and kindness. Living your life from a place of unconditional kindness, for yourself and others, is a key element of managing stress and finding true…

Today is Mahāśivarātri, the great night of the celebration of Śiva, which is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Śaivas, and Yogis, around the world. Śiva is often conceived as the archetypal yogi, and the great Lord of Yoga (yogeśvara). It is a day of auspiciousness, of contemplative practice and reflection, where the power (śakti) of…

The Question of OM AUM Spiritual traditions from all over the world have grappled with this question, and have recognized the profound role of the Divine Word as the origins, the beginning, of the universe. If at first there was nothing, the very first thing was a sound vibration, and from there everything sprang into…

Breaking the Attraction of Pain How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? How do we take control of our own healing journey? How do we break the cycle of chronic pain? Breaking the Attraction of Pain, offers you the new scientific research showing the power of our minds and feelings, and how they…

Yoga is for everyone ….journeying towards living an awakened and joyful life Yoga is not just a physical practice…..it offers the pathway to health, happiness and compassion. Yoga is about awakening to a higher intelligence and finding your way back to your true essence. It allows us to shed the restriction of the ego and to let…

Last night on French news they announced that a recent study found that eating non organic food increased our risks of getting breast cancer by 34 percent! This is completely unacceptable. But the costs for organic producers are higher than the chemically laden ones, and this is reflected in the price that we must pay. So,…

The average person uses 9 different personal care products a day that contain a huge 126 different ingredients. While the list of hormone-disrupting chemicals in cosmetics is long, here’s a great trick to quickly weed out products that likely contain endocrine-disrupting phthalates. Look on the ingredients list. If you see “fragrance” or “parfum,” avoid it.…

Boost your gut health with this delicious fermented pickled onions recipe. The word “pickling” is often used interchangeably with the word “fermenting” but for the most part pickling refers to preserving foods in an acidic medium at a high temperature which destroys the enzymes and probiotics. So I prefer to use a method of lacto-fermentation…

Happy Healthy Gut Our guts have 100 trillion bacteria, most of them “good” bacteria. Unfortunately, those good bacteria are starving due to antibiotic use; wide spread pesticide use, antimicrobial cleaners; and our reliance on fast-food, simple carbohydrates and saturated fats, instead of adequate plant-based fibre. As more and more scientific studies are being released daily,…

Fight inflammation and Chronic Pain We know that inflammation is bad, something associated with aches, pains, and stiffness. We also know that if left unchecked it will lead to chronic pain and disease…..but there’s more to the story. In fact, inflammation is natural and necessary for healing and preventing illness. The trouble is, in today’s…

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Yoga is not just a physical practice…..it offers the pathway to health, happiness and compassion. And it starts with one simple decision to commit. Commit to taking responsibility for your health and your happiness. And I am here to help you when you have made that decision. Whether you decide to dip your big toe in or to take a huge step onto the path of Yoga…..I am here to guide you on your journey. Find out more